The Assignment
Sep 28 1997
•2h 59m
•Thriller, Action, Crime
Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez.
Cast
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Aidan Quinn
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Donald Sutherland
Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
Ben Kingsley
Amos
Claudia Ferri
Maura Ramirez
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